Tomcat is an open-source web server built on Java Servlet and Java Server Pages technologies.
You can install Tomcat 7 on CentOS by following these steps:
Step 1: Install Tomcat with its dependencies using the Yum command:
# sudo yum install tomcat
Step 2: Now, install additional packages with this command:
# sudo yum install tomcat-webapps tomcat-admin-webapps tomcat-docs-webapp tomcat-javadoc
This command will install the packages given below:
- Tomcat root webpage (tomcat-webapps)
- Tomcat Web Admin Manager (tomcat-admin-webapps)
- Official online Tomcat documentation (tomcat-docs-webapp and tomcat-javadoc)
Step 3: If your server is running with Apache, you will need to stop it.
# sudo systemctl stop httpd
Step 4: Start Tomcat with the command below:
# sudo systemctl start tomcat
Step 5: Finally, start Tomcat if the server is rebooted.
# sudo systemctl enable tomcat
Step 6: Access your server IP Address with port 8080 in the browser, and you will get the result as you see in the image below -
This is it. We have successfully installed Tomcat 7 on CentOS.
